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6. Protection of personal data
 

(1) Particulars on the signature sheet relating to the elector and to the person who collects the signatures shall not be public, and no copies shall be made thereof with the exception of the technical records kept by the body verifying the signatures for the purpose of establishing whether the signatures are valid or not.


(2) Particulars relating to the elector and to the person collecting the signatures, and the technical records, may only be verified by the National Election Commission, the National Election Office and the Curia.


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(4) The signature sheet submitted and the technical records shall be destroyed by the National Election Office between the thirtieth and the forty-fifth day after the day on which the number of the valid signatures was determined.


(5) Personal data relating to the organiser and to the elector supporting the initiative under section 4 shall be treated by the National Election Commission, the National Election Office and the Curia for the purpose of, verifying the entitlement to the submission of the initiative, and of liaising. These data – with the exception of the data published under section 7 – shall be deleted


a) between the thirty-fifth and the fortieth day after the date mentioned in paragraphs a)-f) of subsection (2) of section 8, or


b)


c) within five days after that the resolution ordering the holding of the referendum has become legally final.